Remote, Oregon

Remote is an unincorporated hamlet in Coos County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies near the confluence of Sandy Creek with the Middle Fork Coquille River.

Remote, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Remote Location within the state of Oregon Remote Remote (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°00′21″N 123°53′33″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Coos
Elevation [1]	246 ft (75 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	1125943

Remote, Coos County, Oregon off of present-day Highway 42. Photograph of the Post Office, Store, and gas station.

Remote was named by local pioneers for its distance from other settlements.[2] Its post office was established in 1887. A new post office, besides a store, gas station, and unofficial town hall building was built in 1924 by L. D. Jennings.[3]

Oregon Route 42 used to run through the center of the community, but realignment of the highway has left Remote several hundred yards away, along a side road, around a bend and down below the highway, largely shielded by trees from highway view.[4]

The town now consists of a combined store with gas pump and post office, and a couple of houses. The Sandy Creek Covered Bridge is nearby.[5]

Like Oregon communities Nimrod and Boring, Remote is often cited on lists of odd place names.

The city has become a placeholder on job boards to represent if a position is a remote-work position.

References

1. "Remote". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
2. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 111.
3. "Remote, Ore: Name of Town Says It All". New York Times. October 7, 1982.
4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 804. ISBN 978-0875952772.
5. "Sandy Creek (Remote) Covered Bridge". Oregon.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

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